Human-robot interaction in the context of simulated route reconnaissance missions

    Authors

    J. Y. C. Chen; P. J. Durlach; J. A. Sloan;L. D. Bowens

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    Abbreviated Journal Title

    Milit. Psychol.

    Keywords

    FEEDBACK; FRAME; Psychology, Multidisciplinary

    Abstract

    The goal of this research was to examine the ways in which human operators interact with simulated semiautonomous unmanned ground vehicles (UGVs), semiautonomous unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), and teleoperated UGVs (Teleop). Robotic operators performed parallel route reconnaissance missions with each platform alone and with all three platforms. When given all three platforms, participants failed to detect more targets than when given only the UAV or UGV; they were also less likely to complete their mission in the allotted time. Target detection during missions was the poorest with the Teleop alone, likely because of the demands of remote driving. Spatial ability was found to be a good predictor of target-detection performance. However, slowing sensor feed video frame rate or the imposition of a short response latency (250 ms) between Teleop control and Teleop reaction failed to affect target-detection performance significantly. Nevertheless, these video image manipulations did influence assessment of system usability.

    Journal Title

    Military Psychology

    Volume

    20

    Issue/Number

    3

    Publication Date

    1-1-2008

    Document Type

    Article

    Language

    English

    First Page

    135

    Last Page

    149

    WOS Identifier

    WOS:000258223500001

    ISSN

    0899-5605

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